HYPAT - Global H2 Potential Atlas
Sustainable locations in the world for the green hydrogen economy of tomorrow: technical, economic and social assessment of green hydrogen potential
Sustainable locations in the world for the green hydrogen economy of tomorrow: technical, economic and social assessment of green hydrogen potential
The German Hydrogen Strategy published in June, 2020 shows that green hydrogen plays a crucial role in the transformation of industry, the transport sector and the energy sector towards sustainability and climate neutrality. Due to the limited availability of renewable energy sources in Germany, Germany will have to import a large share of the green hydrogen including synthesis products from regions in the world that are rich in wind and solar power in order to be able to meet its demand of hydrogen in the medium and long-term.
The "HyPat-Global H2 Potential Atlas" project, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, is the first to comprehensively identify possible regions in the world for a partnership-based development of a future green hydrogen economy, taking into account the German National Hydrogen Strategy (NWS), the Paris Climate Agreement, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations.
The central research questions addressed by the project are:
Breitschopf, B.; Thomann, J.; Fragoso Garcia, J.; Kleinschmitt, C.; Hettesheimer, T.; Neuner, F.; Wittmann, F.; Roth, F.; Pieton, N.; Lenivova, V.; Thiel, Z.; Strohmaier, R.; Stamm, A.; Lorych, L. (2022): Import von Wasserstoff und Wasserstoffderivaten: Exportländer. HYPAT Working Paper 02/2022. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI (Hrsg.).
Thomann, J.; Edenhofer, L.; Hank, C.; Lorych, L.; Marscheider-Weidemann, F.; Stamm, A.; Thiel, Z.; Weise, F. (2022): Hintergrundpapier zu nachhaltigem grünen Wasserstoff und Syntheseprodukten. HYPAT Working Paper 01/2022. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI (Hrsg.).
HYPAT (2022): Krieg in der Ukraine: Auswirkungen auf die europäische und deutsche Importstrategie von Wasserstoff und Syntheseprodukten. Impulspapier. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI (Hrsg.).
Wietschel, M.; Pieton, N.; Thiel, Z. et al. (2021): Import von Wasserstoff und Wasserstoffderivaten: von Kosten zu Preisen. HYPAT Working Paper 01/2021. Fraunhofer ISI, Fraunhofer IEG, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Lehrstuhl Umwelt‐/Ressourcenökonomik und Nachhaltigkeit.
01.03.2021 until 29.02.2024
The project HYPAT- H2-POTENTIALATLAS is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research BMBF as part of the "Hydrogen Republic of Germany" ideas competition in the module basic research on green hydrogen.
The Project Management Jülich provides technical and administrative support for the HyPat project on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research BMBF.